On our approaching Concord we saw upon the heights people, on which we halted a little on this side of the first bridge to make a disposition to go up the hill, which we did by extending our right flank to the very edge of the hill on one side and our left to the village of Concord. As we marched on, they retreated over the bridge beyond Concord, then they went up the road in the face of the hill, went on a little way, then turned out of that road to another road on the right, part of them formed in a meadow, the rest went still further off with women and children and formed in another meadow on a rising ground. On our crossing over the bridge after them, Capt. Parsons ordered Capt. Laurie with two companies to stay at the bridge and he went up to the top of the hill with the companies of 4th, 10th and 38th, where we halted a little and saw the disposition. This height is not much above 300 yards from the bridge. In a little I learned Capt. Parsons, Capt. Brown and Capt. Boyd had gone further on. I begged of Lt. Kelly of the 10th to give me two men to go after them and pursued the low road close by the river when one of them called out to me “the company of the 4th are retiring. I was surprised at that. On which I looked to my right and saw a large body of men marching almost within pistol shot of me. I made the best of my way for the bridge where I joined Capt. Laurie.

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